May 2010
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WatchManhattanhenge
Four times a year, the sun sets in exact alignment with the New York City street grid. Yesterday, the half-disc of the sun dropped into place. Today, the whole disc will appear, framed in the canyon of buildings, just before the sun sinks below the horizon.
Maddowblog
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“I have no confidence whatsover in BP…. They do not know what they are...”
– Rep. Ed Markey
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The Mets and Seinfeld →
In the above link, mark simon of ESPN New York did a great job putting all of the Mets moments and references in ‘Seinfeld’ together in this piece… - metsblog
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“This is more Bush’s second Katrina than Obama’s first. Because, it...”
– TIME’s Joe Klein on the “Chris Matthews Show.”
Not Obama’s Katrina, But Bush’s Second Katrina - RCP
Here’s the video.
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Free Online Courses from Top Universities →
thepoliticalpartygirl:
Philosophy
Ancient Philosophy – iTunes – Feed – Stream – David Ebrey, UC Berkeley
Death – YouTube – iTunes – Download Course – Shelly Kagan, Yale
Existentialism in Literature & Film – iTunes – Feed – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger – iTunes – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC Berkeley
Heidegger’s Being & Time – Feed – MP3s – Hubert Dreyfus, UC...
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“…I think the level of activity that we see today [in Iraq], from a...”
– Dick Cheney Memorial Day five years ago.
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“The Florida Keys, third longest barrier reef in the world, is a dead zone....”
– Phillippe Cousteau (via unburyingthelead)
This was from last night’s Real Time with Bill Maher, on which he also said, of conservatives’ claims that the ocean “would repair itself” and other nonsense, “It’s bullshit.”
Yep.
(via inothernews)
(via roseann)
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“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of...”
– Martin Luther King, Jr
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“R.I.P. Dennis Hopper”
– jaketapper
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A Mook
Hey Howie, (WaPo and CNN media critic) you tweet often enough to know this but I’ll drop some common sense knowledge on you anyway. The place on your twitter page that reads “web”, you know, the place where you can add a hyperlink. Well, that is where you link to your column. Not to your twitter page. You see, Howie there really is no need to link to your twitter page in that...
“If a 13-year-old steals a car and goes joyriding, he can have the records of his...”
– Alston remembers Gary Coleman (via newsweek)
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Watch
CNN Anchor Apologizes For Using Song With “N-Word” In Story About 103-Year-Old Black Driver
RealClearPolitics
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“We are the only country I know of that allows people to come in illegally, have...”
– Rand Paul - In an interview posted Wednesday on RT.com, a Russian television station that broadcasts in English.
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“Every day there’s another news story with Ken Salazar firmly declaring that he’s...”
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Paul Krugman
realitychex
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Watch10 P.M. (National Geographic) GULF OIL SPILL
Newly released film footage related to the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico features testimony from salvage rescuers, firefighters and Coast Guard divers about how the Deepwater Horizon sank into the sea and the rescue attempts that followed; a personal account from Chris Choy, who survived the explosion; and images of the rig in its final moments....
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“MMS needs a ‘top kill’ of its own.”
– David Axelrod
realitychex
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WatchJose Reyes makes a great leaping grab to end the game
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“Sometimes at night. When I hear the wind. I wish I was crazy again.”
– Johnny Cash 